Kenyacus

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Kenyacus
Kenyacus ruwenzorii.jpg
Kenyacus ruwenzorii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Tribe: Stenolophini
Genus: Kenyacus
Alluaud, 1917
Synonyms
  • Tropicoritus Alluaud, 1917 [1]

Kenyacus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae first described by Charles Alluaud in 1917. [2]

Species

Kenyacus contains the following twenty-four species: [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Kataev, Boris (3 October 2019). "A review of the Afrotropical genus Kenyacus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini) from the Rwenzori Mountains, with description of seven new species". Zootaxa. 4679 (3): 463–498. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4679.3.3.
  2. ↑ Alluaud, Charles (1917). "Les carabiques de la faune alpine des hautes montagnes de l'Afrique orientale". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 73–116.
  3. ↑ "Kenyacus Alluaud, 1917". Carabidae of the World. 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.


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